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61. Cotton MS Faustina A V, ff 25–98

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Faustina A V, ff 25–98
Title:
Simeon of Durham, De Exordio Ecclesiae Dunelmensis
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 24r-97r: Simeon of Durham, De Exordio Ecclesiae Dunelmensis (Concerning the Beginning of the Church of Durham), including Bede’s Death Song in Old English and written in an imitative Anglo-Saxon vernacular minuscule, beginning: ‘Forþam neodfere nenig wyrtheð’. The manuscript cont...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Old and Latin
Date Range:
1st quarter of the 12th century
Extent:

Part of Cotton MS Faustina A V

62. Egerton MS 2263

Reference (shelfmark):
Egerton MS 2263
Title:
FACSIMILES of the handwriting and ornamentation of ancient manuscripts at Oxford, Cambridge, Dublin, Durham, Lichfield, Milan, Leyden, Utrecht, Stockholm, St. Gall, and Abbeville, executed on tracing-paper in ink and colours by Professor John Obadiah Westwood; preceded by a descriptive catalogue, dated Nov. 1873. Paper. Large Folio.
Scope & Content:
John Obadiah Westwood, entomologist and palaeographer: Facsimiles from ancient MSS.: 1873. Art. Illuminations and Drawings: Facsimiles of MSS., by J. O. Westwood: 1873. includes: f. 4 Utrecht Psalter, The: Facsimiles from: 19th cent. ff. 5, 6, 12, 13, 16, 18 city of Durham: Facsimiles of MSS....
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Nov 1873
Extent:
1 item

63. Egerton MS 2342

Reference (shelfmark):
Egerton MS 2342
Title:
MISCELLANEOUS papers, viz.:- A. 1. STATUTES and ordinances of war made at Durham, 17 June I-July], 9 Ric. II. [1385], f. 1. 2. Warrant of Charles I. to John Evans of Stafford for a loan of twenty pounds in money or plate for the defence of the kingdom; Oxford, 14 Feb. 1643[4]. A printed form; signed by the King, and countersigned by Ed[ward Lord] Littleton, Lord Keeper. With the privy seal. f. 5. B. Bill of lading of provisions for Her Majesty's forts in Ireland on board the "Bountyfull ...
Scope & Content:
includes: f. 1 Richard II of England: Statutes of war, made at Durham: 1385.: Fr. and Eng. f. 1 city of Durham: Statutes of war made at: 1385. f. 1 Army; England: Ordinances of war made at Durham: 1385. f. 5 Edward Lyttelton, 1st Baron Lyttelton; of Mounslow, Lord keeper: Royal warrant signed b...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
18 Nov 1602
Extent:
1 item

64. Egerton MS 3668

Reference (shelfmark):
Egerton MS 3668
Title:
HENRY OF HUNTINGDON, HISTORIA ANGLORUM in ten books, in Latin; written possibly in 1169. Prologue beg. 'Cum in omni fere litterarum studio' (f. l b); book I, 'Britannia igitur beatissima est insularum' (f. 3); book x ends 'et animi pericula non reformidantis fuerit' (f. 156b). The MS. is one of those of the fourth (1145) edition of the chronicle, and concludes where this apparently did originally (see T. Arnold, Henrici Archidiaconi Huntendunensis Historia Anglorum, Rolls Series, lxxiv, 1879...
Scope & Content:
England General Chronicles and History: Henry of Huntingdon, Historia Anglorum to 1147: [1169?].: Lat. Manuscripts, Dated (to A.D.1500) Latin and Modern (Western European) Languages: MS: [A.D. 1169?]. Lincoln, Lincolnshire: Carmelite house in, owned: 15th cent. Henry, of Huntingdon: Historia ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
1169
Extent:
1 item

65. Harley MS 12

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 12
Title:
John the Deacon of Rome, Vita Gregorii Magni; Pseudo-Gregory, Versus sancti Gregorii papae; Vita S. Katherinae
Scope & Content:
This manuscript consists of two parts. The first part (ff. 1r-140v) was written in the 2nd half of the 11th century. The second part (ff. 141r-143v) was written in the 1st half of the 12th century. Contents: f. 1*recto: 'Joh[ann]es Levita'; added in the (?) 16th century. ff. 1r-140v: John th...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
2nd half of the 11th century-1st half of the 12th century
Extent:

1 volume

66. Harley MS 1799

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1799
Title:
Statuta Ecclesiae Dunelmensis
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-77r: Statuta Ecclesiae Dunelmensis.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1555
Extent:
1 volume

67. Harley MS 2729

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 2729
Title:
Frontinus, Strategemata, Paul the Deacon, Historia Romana
Scope & Content:
This manuscript contains the Strategemata (Stratagems) by Sextus Julius Frontinus (b. c. 30, d. 104), a collection of examples of military stratagems from Greek and Roman history. It also contains Books 1-10 of the Historia Romana (History of Rome) by Paul the Deacon (b. c. 720, d. 799). This wo...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
4th quarter of the 11th century
Extent:
A parchment codex

68. Harley MS 3049

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 3049
Title:
Ambrose, De Fide; Joachim of Fiore, Enchiridion super Apocalypsim; and other theological works
Scope & Content:
Contents: f. 1v: Table of contents. ff. 2r-30v: Ambrose, De Fide ('Liber de fide sancte trintatatis ad Gracianum imperatorem'). ff. 30v-51v: Ambrose, De Spiritu Sancto ('Liber de Spiritu Sancto ad Gracianum imperatorem'); imperfect at the end. ff. 52r-56v: Ambrose, De Incarnationis Domini...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1458
Extent:
1 volume

69. Harley MS 3864

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 3864
Title:
Bede, In epistolas catholicas
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 3r-92v: Bede, In epistolas catholicas; with marginal notes by Symeon of Durham (fl. c. 1090–c. 1128), Benedictine monk and historian. The manuscript contains a few additions: f. 1v: A title inscription: 'Epistola [added: Iacobi]'; added in the 12th century. f. 1v: A title ins...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1st half of the 12th century
Extent:
1 volume

70. Harley MS 5289

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 5289
Title:
Missal for monastic use, including a calendar
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 9r-493r: Missal for monastic use, including a calendar (ff. 2-7v), highlighting the feasts of the Deposition of St Cuthbert (f. 3r) and St Oswald (f. 5v) in gold; and musical notation (ff. 274r-276r; 285v-286r). The manuscript contains various additions: f. 1r: An inscription b...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Middle and Latin
Date Range:
4th quarter of the 14th century
Extent:
1 volume

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